Genesis 13:6
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
KJV
Nec poterat eos capere terra, ut habitarent simul : erat quippe substantia eorum multa, et nequibant habitare communiter.
Vulgate
καὶ οὐκ ἐχώρει αὐτοὺς ἡ γῆ κατοικεῖν ἅμα, ὅτι ἦν τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτῶν πολλά· καὶ οὐκ ἐδύναντο κατοικεῖν ἅμα.
LXX
And the land was not able to bear them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they could not dwell together.
ASV
וְ/לֹא נָשָׂ֥א אֹתָ֛/ם הָ/אָ֖רֶץ לָ/שֶׁ֣בֶת יַחְדָּ֑ו כִּֽי הָיָ֤ה רְכוּשָׁ/ם֙ רָ֔ב וְ/לֹ֥א יָֽכְל֖וּ לָ/שֶׁ֥בֶת יַחְדָּֽו
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Tim 6:9 — But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.
- Eccl 5:10 — He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
- Gen 36:6 — And Esau took his wives, and his sons, and his daughters, and all the persons of his house, and his cattle, and all his beasts, and all his substance, which he had got in the land of Canaan; and went
- Gen 36:7 — For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.
- Job 1:3 — His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all
- Luke 12:17 — And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?